
Originally Posted by
DJK
The blackjack strategy says to hit 2 against 2.
At 8:38 mark, this guy hits 2 against 2 even with that big bet of $7,000 and he busted. Luckily, the dealer busted as well so he made money on that round. Not sure how many people would also hit 2 against 2 when faced with the same situation especially if the bet size is 7K.
I once saw a similar situation at Borgata that cost a very old man a $42,000 swing because the anchor was scared to hit 2 against 2 and didn't hit it which then the dealer got 21 and killed everyone.
The anchor was hitting 2 against 2 when the bet was small at $25 to $50, but everyone was on a roll and his bet size got up to $250. The old man was playing 3 hands of $3,000 table max that became 2 splits and 2 double downs, so that was a total of $21,000 bet.
When it got to the anchor's turn with him having 12 versus the dealer's 2 up card, he chickened out and didn't hit.
The dealer flipped over the hole card and it was 9. He pulled 10 for 21 and everyone lost.
The next two cards were Ace and 10.
If the anchor hit instead of chickening out, then he broke but the dealer would also have broke leading to everyone else on the table to win.
The old man would have won $21,000 instead of losing $21,000; thus the $42,000 swing.
You can't forget things like that.